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Fredxx wrote:
I'd just buy a new motherboard, but this machine is configured for my
needs including a Serial port and not sure many new ones have this?

Serial ports can be replaced with USB converters.


Not in this case. The computer is on the opposite side of the room to my
workbench. A long serial lead works just fine. A USB to serial convertor
with a long lead - either serial or USB - doesn't.

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